In a breakthrough, a team of doctors at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) here have developed an approach/device to measure the pain in a human being, much like a thermometer that is used to measure the body temperate.
The prototype, called ‘Objective Pain Score’’ (OPS), lends a level of accuracy to the ache, soreness or discomfort endured by a patient and helps the treating physician to act accordingly and prescribe medicines/procedures to manage it effectively during the consultation or at an intensive care unit (ICU).
The breakthrough is the outcome of a research work carried out by Dr Sailaja Sukanya, Post-Graduate Resident at the Department of Anaesthesiology, KIMS, a KIIT constituent.
The study was conducted under the guidance of Prof (Dr) Amit Pradhan and Dr Ashok Kumar Badamali formulated the OPS which could be validated with the physical condition of the patient or Visual Rating Scale (VRS).
The scientific paper was titled “Development and validation of an Objective Pain Scoring System (OPS) and its correlation with VAS score for evaluation of postoperative pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgeries.”
The new method would become the new approach in the domain of pain management, said KIMS Medical Superintendent Prof Dr RC Das.
He said the study evoked wide appreciation from experts who attended the (National Conference of Indian Society for Study of Pain) ISSPCON-2022, held here recently. Dr Sailaja Sukanya presented her research work at the event.